Name:
Robert A. Jenior
Rank:
Technical Sergeant
Serial Number:
15324208
Unit:
777th Bomber Squadron, 464th Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1944-05-25
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Draguignan American Cemetery, France
Plot:
C
Row:
7
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
From Akron, Ohio. Radio Operator of the B-24 Liberator 41-29382 “Lucky Lady” which took off from de Giola del Colle in Italy on a mission to bomb the railroad lines in Givors, France. Shot down by flak and fighters at 1355. Four crew members were able to escape the flaming airplane but none survived. Jenior was originally reported as Missing in Action. He was a high school classmate of Grissett, also on the crew.